Best Aircraft in many different roles

[the lancaster kicks ass]

Yeah but thats on internal fuel, its nearer 900 with Droptanks

if it was carrying ordinance how could it carry fuel as well??

and on the accounts I read its been said that he could regularly turn inside them.

that doesn't answer my question, how do you know the zero was turning it's tightest?? anything could outmanouver a zero at 250+mph..............

[cheddar cheese]

The point I was making was that if he'd faced Zero's on several occasionas, its more than likely he turned inside them below that speed on at least a couple of occasions.

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i doubt it............

and stop trying to avoid my first point...............

[cheddar cheese]

You doubt it? Why do you doubt it?

I think P-38's could either carry 2 large tanks under the cockpit or 2 smaller ones nearer the end of the wings.

[Tony Williams]

The Mossie, easily. The best night-fighter of the war, an excellent low-level fighter-bomber, an almost uncatchable night bomber able to deliver a 4,000 lb 'cookie' to Berlin, one version even mounted a high-velocity 57mm gun for anti-sub work.

Nothing else came close: the Ju 88 was slower, the P-38 too limited. Second place would probably go to the Soviet Pe-3, a very fast twin-engined dive bomber which was also made in a heavy fighter version. A most impressive plane, but you don't hear much about it in the west.

Tony Williams: Military gun and ammunition website and Discussion forum

[R Pope]

Best German night fighter had to be the He219 Uhu. It was specifically designed for the job, and did it well. Burt that's not the point of this thread.

[kiwimac]

Ju-88. Best all rounder of the war years. It was a bomber, fighter, heavy-fighter, ground attack, dive bomber, anti-tank, anti-sub & shipping, Night fighter, transport, just about everything.

Kiwimac

[cheddar cheese]

Nothing else came close: the Ju 88 was slower, the P-38 too limited.

I disagree about the P-38 being too limited, it could do everything the Mossie could just as well, and in a lot of cases much better.

[the lancaster kicks ass]

as a bomber the P-38 was useless, as a night fighter it wasn't combat proven, whereas the mossie was the best the allies had and one of the most feared NFs of the war, anti-tank the mossie Mk.XVIII well outclassed the P-38, anti-shipping the mossie's got it and transport the mossie gets it again....................

[cheddar cheese]

The P-38 was NOT useless as a bomber, it was extremely effective. against tanks it was damn good, anti-shipping the P-38 was also damn good and what the **** could the Mossie do for transport?

[Hot Space]

Originally Posted by cheddar cheese

.............and what the f**k could the Mossie do for transport?

Get the Num. 32 Bus to Walden on Rhye

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[cheddar cheese]

I think there would be certain issues concerning that statement

[Hot Space]

Yes, that the Bus Fare has gone up by 5p. It's ing I tell ya, ing

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[cheddar cheese]

No! If you took that bus twice a day every day for a year it will cost you £36.50 more than it would normally do!

[Hot Space]

It's ok, I'm the Driver

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